Improvement in paint and varnish brushes



A. BANDOL,

lmprovemnt in Paint and Varnish Brushes.

NO. 123,293, Patenfmilan.30,1872.A

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ALEXANDER RAN DOL, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HIM SELF,ROBERT J. GRIER, AND WILLIAM KENNEDY, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN PAINT ANDVARNISH BRUSHES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 123,293, dated January30, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER BANDOL, of Pittsburg, in the county ofAllegheny and in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain newand usef'ul Improvements in Composition for Fillin Paint and VarnishBrushes; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description thereof, reference being had to the accoml'ianyingdrawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon making a part ofthis specification.

The nature of my invention consists in a filling for paint, varnish, orother brushes made of plastic material, said material not only beingplastic when put in, but remaining always in that state, as will behereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertai-ns to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, whichrepresents a paintbrush, partly in section.

A represents the handle; B, the bristles; C, the wire wrapping; and D,the lling of a paint, varnish, or other similar brush. The filling D isordinarily made of some hard, brittle material, or of some softmateria-l which hardens after it is putin. I propose to use for thatpurpose some material which is not only plastic when put in but alwaysremains in that state, so that one or more nails may be driven into thesame. Before using a brush a painter sometimes bridles it, so as tospread it, and for this purpose a couple of nails may be driven into thefilling so as to fasten the string or wire with which the brush isbridled to said nails. fith a hard or brittle material this would not bepossible, but by making the filling of some plastic material it can bedone very readily.

Various materials or compositions may be used for this filling-orinstance, a composition of one-third bees-wax or other fatty substancecoinbined with two-thirds resin and as much saw-dust as this willabsorb. This composition also gives the brush the appearance as if thebristles extended all the way up to the upper edge of the wire wrapping.

I do not Wish to be understood as confining myself to the abovecomposition, as any material of a plastic nature may be used.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As an article of manufacture, a paint or other brush, consisting of thebristles B secured to a handle, A, by the wrapping C extending above thetop of the bristles, and forming a recess, I), filled with apermanently-plastic material, all as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this31st day of October, 1871.

ALEX. BANDOL.

' Witnesses:

EDM. F. BROWN, A. N. MARR.

